2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 9 Nov 2006 17:10:56 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] More vapor testing in Ithaca, New York
 
TCE testing continues on South Hill

By Jennie Daley
Ithaca Journal (NY)
November 9, 2006

ITHACA - A fifth round of testing, which added the Ithaca Police Department Headquarters and the Ithaca City Court to its purview, is under way this fall on South Hill.

Located downhill from the former Morse Chain plant — now owned by Emerson Power Transmission — homes on South Hill have been tested for chemicals including tricholorethene, or TCE, a likely carcinogen, over the past two years. This latest round, which started in October, will re-examine 18 homes tested in Phase IV and add the two city properties to its scope.

At the police department, Chief Lauren Signer said the headquarters had not been tested yet but was expected to be soon.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS01/611090357/1002/NEWS01

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